Now I drive a 1965 dart 270 /6 wife 1995 chy new yorker son 93 ply laser

In the past
First car I drove was the one I road home from birth in
-1956 Chy Windser

-for my 12 th birthday I got a 1954 cady but did not keep it
-for my 13 th I got a 1941 Studabacker truck drove it for years

then the first car I rebuilt the motor in was my grandfathers

1) 1954 New Yorker Deluxe 331 hemi

I had trouble rebuilding it and sold it

2) 1964 buick Riviera Blew it to pieces the last day of school my Jr year

3) 1969 Road Runner I wanted to upgrade it so at 50,000 miles I rebuilt with 4 angle valve job and file fit rings only took 3 trys, I also added headers this was my High School St project.

4) 1961 corvair turned profit of 300.00 with out any work

5) 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 383 mag B5 blue 43,000 miles one owner

6) 1953 Ply cranbrook drove to Collage flat head 6 I sold the Road Runner and took this as trade in

7) 1965 corvair Built killer motor and set up for road racing exploded rear end

1965 Corvair took my good motor added to clean body dumped it before any thing else fell off.

9) 1950 Dodge Correnet 230 flat head

10) 1949 Dodge Truck

11) New Ply Arrow 200 ( the one on the billboards)

12) Rambler 440

13) 1955 Dodge truck had 318 poly installed built 1969 383 mag.

14) 1972 Ply 340 duster twister ( so stock I had the hubcaps and the window sticker Baught it in denver sold in North Caralina )

this takes me up to 1980 when I moved to the UK will update more later if we get lot of feedback

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Wild 1 AKA William Robertson
Owner Builder
65 Dart 270 2 door post /6 stock
89 dodge diplomat
66 Plymouth Barracuda
70 Challenger 451 ( Sold )
95 Chy New Yorker ( Stock )

Lessee....

High school through early college I either got the 'privledge' (beg, borrow, steal...) of

1)1968 Plymouth Valiant 100 225 /6 with 3 on the tree

or
2)1976 Plymouth Feather Duster 225 /6 3spd+OD on floor B5 blue with Rallye Package...

after college my parents had sold their mopars and gone to something else... so I got a:

3) 1978 Pontiac Phoenix 301-2v w/THM350(Nova Clone...43k on the clock for $1000)

Wore that car out by 120k and upgraded to:

4) 1992 Jeep Cherokee Laredo 4.0L HO 'stripper' model

It got rearended in the middle of the night on a deserted, well lit street by a drunk driver, and totalled...

5) 1971 Dodge Charger 'Topper' 383- '4v'/ A-727 & 3.23's Nice original 'green' car, but the previous owner decided to retrofit the tired 383 with a 1971 4v intake and 1971 'HP' exhaust manifolds...

Sold it to two nice mopar guys who wanted to build up a 'fun' car....

6) 1992 Dodge Ramcharger LE 5.2L Magnum A-518 AOD 3.55 gears, 'Police Model'

Was a good hauling/camping' rig but $80 in gas a week commuting to work killed it and so I needed an economical car that I could have some fun with...and life goes 'full circle' at this point...

7)1976 Feather Duster parts car from Bothell,WA got crunched by a Ferd Exploder...

8)1976 Feather Duster finished this project with some tweaking to go, I daily drive this car and get 50% better mileage than my Ramcharger and have much more fun 'getting there'...more mods to go...

If you have one you should have a back up incase it breaks and maybe you need to 'rob' some parts off another (or so said my grampa...)

9)1974 Space Duster came out of and 'Estate' in Snohomish, some rust, perfect stock 225 /6 A-230 3 on the 'floor' with 3.23 8 1/4" rear-end, and under 100k on the clock...timing chain was OEM and still tight like new...
It was slightly abused by the 'estate' beneficiaries so after some tune-up and oil changes, and regular driving rod bearings 1,5,6 went bye-bye after a 3-2 down shift...the parts Feather Duster's 225 went into it, the 8 1/4" developed a bearing problem (fixable), so it had the 7 1/4" from the parts Feather transplanted, then it developed a ring and pinion problem, and a dry axle bearing...in went the 7 1/4" 2.76 rear out of my friend's 1974 parts Dart....

10)???? still working toward the next step....maybe next year...

-D.Idiot

First car, 1963 Ford Galaxy. Broke the distributor shaft on the freeway. replaced it and it broke again on startup. Sold it through a friend.

Next was a '57 Chevy BelAir four door. Installed a 327 and 4 speed. Sold it when I had trans problems.

Then got a '57 Studebaker Silver Hawk from a friend for $50 and rebuilt it. Fantastic car, but sold it because complete restoration would cost more than the Gold Book value and I wanted to finish up the Dart.

Picked up a '63 Dart GT Convertable from a junkyard in pieces in 1978 (still had the Stude). Did the body and paint in '84, full interior in '99. Needs full body & paint again. Has had various engines and trans, currently has a turbo'd 225, but problems with that are requiring me to think about building up a new motor from scratch.


Turbo Motor



"Daily Driver" is a '95 Chrysler Concorde, as the Dart has been in and out of tinkering stage for the last several years.

Last purchase was Doug's Valchero, which needs so much I just use it for hauling wood and going to the dump. Not sure if I can ever afford to fix it up. Currently has a very tired 273/727. If I have to replace it, I will change it back to a slant.

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First car was a '41 Chevy. It's the only non-Mopar I ever owned and the worst car I've ever driven.

Since then, in order by year, not ownership: '48 Plymouth, two '53 Plymouths, '55 Plymouth Savoy, '56 Plymouth Belvedere, '57 Plymouth Suburban, '63 Valiant Signet, '64 Valiant convertible, '66 Coronet 500, two '68 Plymouth Fury III's, '70 Duster, '73 Dodge truck, '75 Valiant, '76 Valiant, '77 Dodge Monaco, '79 TC3, '79 Aspen, '82 Horizon, '85 5th Ave, '87 Duster, '91 Sundance, '96 Sebring convertible, '98 Intrepid, '99 Dakota, '99 300M, 2001 Sebring convertible, 2003 Grand Caravan.

1964 Dodge Polara
1972 Chevy C10 (first vehicle)
1985 Chevy Spectrum
1988 Ford Escourt
1984, 88 Chevy S10's
1986 Dodge Duster (Plymouth?) lovingly called the beater
1990 Dodge 1/2 ton van
1984 Ford Thunderbird
1993 Dodge Daytona
1986 Ford Bronco 2
1981, 83, 84, 86 Dodge pickups
1955 Caddy
Currently:
1997 Ford Ranger
1973 Dodge Dart Swinger Special - Slant 6, Automatic, all stock at the moment except the radio

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Learned to drive in a 1959 Studebaker pickup
First car I ever bought was a 1965 Sport Fury for $150 in 1978, gave it away

Then,

1976 Dodge D100 (1979)
1984 Ford Ranger 4X4 (1987)
1995 Chevy 1500 (1995)
1995 Chevy S10 (1995)
1999 Ford F250 Super Duty (1999)
2002 Chevy Avalanche 2500 (2002)

Mopars currently owned: (in order of age)

1953 Plymouth Cranbrook ** - 6
1954 Plymouth Savoy -6
1970 Dodge D300 Tow Truck ** 360
1972 Dodge Challenger (none)
1973 Dodge Challenger (none)
1974 Plymouth Duster *** /6
1977 Dodge D100 Utiline ** 318
1977 Dodge Ramcharger *** 360
1978 Dodge Ramcharger * 400
1979 Dodge D100 Utiline *** 318
(most of a) 1990 Dodge Ramcharger * 360

* = runs, **=drives, ***=licensed

Miscellaneous vehicles currently owned:
1987 Suzuki Samurai** hamster
1968 AMC Javelin 343

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It's a Slant thing. Even I don't understand.

1974 Duster, EFI /6 soon to be turbo...

Get that Monkay! Get that nasty thing!!

My Dads cars I drove

1988 Caddy 305
1990 Caddy 350
1996 Caddy LT1 (I think, said to be a vette motor)
1986 Dodge 4x4 318 (unstopable)

My cars

1971 Dodge Dart Triple Green with 225 /6 (Sold)
1988 Pontiac Tempest (solid car was really abused)(Sold)
1970 Dodge Dart 340 Swinger (restoring front end, from frame rails up)
1998 Dodge Dakota Reg Cab 5.2l 5spd 3:92 LS.
1966 Plymouth Fury I 225 /6

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It is easier to REACT,
than it is to THINK!

Middy.

First car, '70 Fury 111 2dr hardtop, 383. Dad bought used in 11/72. Gave it to me in late '84. Blew original engine, blew 2nd engine in California, found 400, rebuilt it and drove it another 100K. Drunk driver hit it and totaled it (along with my back) in 10/99. 2nd car, my current '72 Satellite Custom 4dr sedan, 225 slant six. Paid 5 bills, replaced the master cylender and transmission to make it a great driver. Friend gave mea low mile slant from a '73 Dart in exchange for parts from my wrecked Fury. The original engine had terrible blow by (probably a broken ring). Thats it, guess I'm loyal to my heaps!

Interesting cars I have owned:

2 64 Mustangs
66 MGB
73 MGB
68 TBird Coupe
64 Valiant Sig 200 Conv

I was looking for another 64 Mustang when I came across an ad for a Valiant conv. I called the guy and asked him if all of the chrome was there and in what condition was the car. He said it was all there and in decent restorable condition but hadn't been started in 2 years. I drove over becasue I had never remembered even seeing a Valiant Conv. He opens
this barn/garage and inside are 8 cars he is selling (which is another story). Anyway, I walk around the Valiant, after he pulls the cover off of it, I think, this is one very unique car, I own this. The drive shaft is laying on the ground next to the car and I say does it start? He tells his kid to go and get a battery and some gas and lets try it. The kid installs the batt and primes the carb. The /6 startd on the second try and purred like a kitten after sitting for 2 years. Since the driveshaft was out, I figured I'd have to pay a bunch to tow the thing all the way to my house. No problem says the guy, give me $1300 (what he was asking) and I'll deliver it tomorrow . I really didn't want to pay $1300 for the car but I had already figured that I was going to have to rebuild a motor and tow a car home anyway so I figured it was money already spent. The tow was about 40 miles. I said "done" and have been a fond amirer of Valiants ever since. I live near San Bernardino, CA and every year we have a huge Route 66 car show. Over the last 6 years, I have never seen a Val Sig 200 Conv and have only seen a few Barracudas at the event. Mustangs are a dime a dozen. I'm so glad I took the route less travelled.

First drove a '70 D100 /6 auto.
My first car will be a '76 Dart Swinger /6 4speed.

"Look at all these little thangs, just springin' into action. What a beatiful ballet ensues... all because of a little disorder."

"Now, a real killer would've asked about that little red button on the bottom of the gun." ... BOOOM! (zorg - name these lines.)

The vehicles:

1st car and daily driver - '68 Dart 270 (4dr, 225) - 1988-present
Wisconsin Winter Beaters (in order of appearance)
'71 Dart Custom (4dr, 225) - 1988-1989
'72 Dart (4dr, 225) - 1989-1990
'65 Dart 270 (4dr, 225) - 1991-1995
Super car - '64 Dart 270 (4dr, 225) - 1996-present
Hauler - '92 B350 cargo Van (4dr, 360) - 2001-present
Wife's hotrod - '87 Aries LE (4dr, 2.2L) - 1991-present

May have a new Valiant acquisition soon...

Lou

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